{"id":499190,"date":"2023-01-12T06:55:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T06:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/?p=499190"},"modified":"2023-01-12T07:32:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T07:32:34","slug":"cricket-australia-cancels-men-s-one-day-internationals-against-afghanistan-due-to-concern-over-women-s-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/cricket-australia-cancels-men-s-one-day-internationals-against-afghanistan-due-to-concern-over-women-s-rights","title":{"rendered":"Cricket Australia cancels men&#8217;s one-day internationals against Afghanistan due to concern over women&#8217;s rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A decision to cancel the upcoming ODI series against Afghanistan comes after the Taliban announced further restrictions on women&#8217;s and girls&#8217; education and employment opportunitiesCricket Australia has pulled its men&#8217;s national team from the upcoming one-day international series against Afghanistan amid concerns over deteriorating women&#8217;s rights in the Taliban-ruled country.Australia were scheduled to play three ODIs against Afghanistan on neutral ground in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in March, but after talks with the Australian government, the series has been cancelled.&#8220;Following extensive consultation with relevant stakeholders, including the Australian government, Cricket Australia has decided that it is unable to proceed at this time with the upcoming ICC Super League three-match men&#8217;s ODI series between Australia and Afghanistan scheduled for the UAE in March 2023,&#8221; the CA statement said.The decision comes after the recent announcement by the Taliban of further restrictions on women&#8217;s and girls&#8217; education and employment opportunities and their ability to access parks and gyms.&#8220;CA is committed to supporting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cricket Australia has pulled its men&#8217;s national team from the upcoming one-day international series against Afghanistan amid concerns over deteriorating women&#8217;s rights in the Taliban-ruled country. Australia were scheduled to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-499190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}